Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-09-07
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Meat Market. IA
Jas. Sanderson, of this county, has
been granted a pension.
IIazelton Flour gets there every time.
For sale by Il. X. Harrington. Is
Subject at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning, "JOnatlian's Lad"
The Ice Pool buSted-prices reduced.
Leave orders with jameson or Ham. IL
DIR. Days says that he is here to stay,
and will not leave this place until he
has to.
Mrs. Henry Morgan presented her
husband with daughter Monday morn
ing, 5th inst.
Remember the services in the grove
next Sunday evening, commencing at
$50 promptly.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank. 4
Buy your Groceries of Il. X. Herring
ton and you will get your moneys
worth, every time. 10
T. S. Proctor, wife and baby, and
Mrs. a. II. Mckinney and baby, were
here visiting last week.
Conductor Phillips wife has been Wis
iting her parents, fourteen miles south
of here, for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Langhorst, living in the north
end Of town, has been quite sick for the
past three weeks, and Is not yet out of
danger.
Droughthy Kansas has had more rain
i'm the past four weeks than Iowa and
Illinois have both together had in the
past year.
Another good soaking rain fell here
last Friday evening, from G:30 to about
s o'clock. The ground now is about
thoroughly saturated.
Messrs. Ham s. Vaughn have fixed up
their immense grain bin in good shape.
1t is now ready for the reception Of all
grain they choose to buy.
Remember the central committee
meeting next Wednesday. The candi-
dates are requested to be present, as
urgent business will come before the
meeting.
G.. w. Stop and wife will start next
month to Washington Territory to visit
their son, Meade, and will remain until
spring. A. Il. Albee has rented their
farm.
Subject for discussion at the Chris
tian church next Sunday morning, "All
for Christ" At night the subject will
be, 1.-The Doctrine Of Balaam." Every
body invited.
The "fried chicken supper" given by
the Willing Workers of the Christian
church, last Thursday night, was
success, of course. This popular or
ganization never makes q failure of
any undertaking.
Miss Nora Shepler returned here last
Saturday, after visit of more than a
year in New Mexico and Colorado,
where she went for her health. She is
feeling much better, and hopes soon 10
conquer her bronchial troubles.
w. G. Richardson, formerly of Kiowa,
is now successful contractor at Hutch
inson, and employs $50 men. lie owns
Wonder, the sorrel trotter that Chaplin
Bros. formerly owned, and the horse is
being trained OH +. IL. Shelley's track,
at KiOwa.
w. o. Graham, proprietor of the IIar-
per greenhouses, who now makes his.
headquarters at the INDEX Office, is pre-
pared to furnish plants, flowers and
bulbs on short notice, TO all who may
desire them. lie is reliable, and han
dies only frst-class plants.
+. ii. Shelley's 2-year-old colt won in
every race he trotted at ConcOrdia, last
week, and lowered his record consider
ably, though he had heavy track. lie
Is the fastest colt in the state, to-day,
andbeing a Barber county Horse sired by
Chapin's EgmOnt, we are proud OF this
wonder.
Again the INDEX calls attention to
the date for the Old Settlers picnic, at
Ferguson s grove, on Elm Creek, Fri
day, September 10th. There will he
public speaking, big basket dinner,
and various entertainments. Every
body invited to be there with we'll filed
baskets.
Barber county was not entirely left
on the peach crop this year. Mr.. w.
w. Standiford brough in number of
bushels from his ranch last Thursday.
and will have about one hundred bush
els. Those brought in were small, but
of excellent flavor. The recent rains
will make the late peaches grow to full
size.
n train load of cattle was shipped to
Kansas City from here yesterday morn
ing, including lots sold by I. l.. O'Bryan
for the Ohio Cattle company, Capt. A.
l.. Freeman, G. ID. Newkirk and DIR. J.
II. Davis to Newcomer & Adams, of
Kansas City. The Ohio Cattle compa-
ny, DIR. Berry, manager, also shipped
lot of several car loads of dry cows and
stock cattle that he did not care to hold
during the winter. There never was a
better time TO buy cheap cattle here.
On petition of large number Of the
best citizens Of the county, Ike Steele
was this week released from Jail by the
county commissioners. lie was con-
yicted of shooting one Theodore Beers,
worthless bully, while the latter was
attempting to intimidate him. Beers
was run out Of this city several weeks
since for grossly slandering a respecta-
BILE family. Since Steele's conviction,
1t has been the verdict of the public
that the wrong man was incarcerated.